campaign manager. so i thought i've got to put it all on the table. steve never indicated i was being considered for national campaign director, and i put it out there, i said, steve, you can make it so people can download literature, customize it for their neighbors or their club, and we tested a product in 2004 that would make it possible to have a cell phone, internet connection, and a computer, you could turn your kitchen table into a phone bank, turn your kitchen into a staging area or many campaign headquarters. i put it on the line -- mini campaign headquarters. i thought i did a great job and the campaign manager, david plouffe, he asked about me and steve told him that i had some interesting ideas. so i thought, that's good. it turns out that i think what steve meant was he had some interesting ideas. i did not hear anything from them for many, many weeks. the candidate was on tv one night or one day, but i was watching it that evening, announcing his bid for president, around february, for every 12th, if i remember right. i watched it on tv. my opponent had been long dead, s
